by Susanne du Toit | Nov 1, 2022 | News
Lara Feigel’s Gloucestershire home lies in a maze of narrow country roads, snaking for an eternity through high, dense verges. Driving there in September, I almost felt like I had embarked on a quest. Her house belongs to a quaint single-story row set far back from...
by Susanne du Toit | Nov 1, 2022 | News
It was exciting to learn that Sacha Llewellyn had agreed to be part of this project. Not only is she a respected art historian, she also lives in Paris, so meeting and drawing her would give me an excuse to visit the City of Light. Paris might be my favourite city to...
by Susanne du Toit | Nov 1, 2022 | News
I met Juliet Jacques outside her wonderfully located apartment just off Portland Place in London. Stepping inside, it felt fresh and new, the light carpet spotless. Juliet wanted to keep it that way, so we removed our shoes at the door. She told me she had snapped...
by Susanne du Toit | Nov 1, 2022 | News
I found Dreda Say Mitchell’s house on a tree-lined street in Walthamstow, bursting with leaves in the early summer. Its emerald green front door swung open to reveal her inimitable welcoming smile. Dreda is a writer of award-winning crime novels, the latest of...
by Susanne du Toit | Nov 1, 2022 | News
I arrived in Camden Town for my meeting with Dolly Alderton in April, noticing her waving to me from the ground-floor window. Dolly is a much-admired author and podcaster, who writes a weekly love-life column for the Sunday Times. She apologised for her apartment...
by Susanne du Toit | Nov 1, 2022 | News
It was not long into the project when I found myself asking if I was too old for this. I was en route to Lewisham to draw Laura Smith, a curator at Whitechapel Gallery who has written extensively on modern and contemporary art. But getting to Laura involved rail,...
